Top view of the LANL 100 Tesla pulsed magnet in its experimental cryostat

The LANL 80 Tesla pulsed test magnet before and after 10 pulses

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Round performance numbers aren't necessarily important milestones, but they do exude an undeniable aura of accomplishment. This was the case when researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) used their largest pulsed magnet to crack the 100 Tesla mark (roughly 2 million times larger than the Earth's magnetic field) by generating a 100.75 Tesla magnetic pulse without damaging the magnet.